A little long fibre in a cows diet goes a long way. After all, fermenting complex carbohydrates is what a ruminant does best. Try giving them some and see for yourself. And it can be a profitable exercise. Through gains in feed conversion and better animal health. So how do all these benefits come about? […]
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Five Ways To Keep a Cow and Her Liver Healthy This Autumn
When you stop to think about it a cows liver is an amazing thing, and a huge asset for her. An important function of this organ is to take short chain fatty acids from the rumen and transform them into glucose and energy. Not only that, it has the ability to transform toxic ammonia from […]
10 Top Ways to Make Your Cows Comfortable.
Give them enough space….. to lie down or to get to feed easily. Use the backing gate sparingly. Cows want to be milked and will into the shed voluntarily most of the time. Keep them in their mobs. They are social animals with their own pecking orders. Putting a cow in a new mob will […]